A pin stacks a few independent signals on one shape: where the record comes from, what kind of place it is, and what is happening to it. This page is the complete key.
ShapeA small disc or a teardrop. The disc is the baseline: a record a gross provider keeps, OpenStreetMap among them. The teardrop is a record a specialty provider or this community keeps.
Fill colourWhich category. Water, toilets, climbs, services. The fill never says anything else; what a place is within its category lives in the glyph.
BorderWho keeps the record. A small disc: a gross provider. Dashed ink: a specialist source for this kind of place and this region. Solid paper: this community. A thick red border means the record waits for a moderator; an orange ring means nobody has confirmed it in a long time.
BadgeA fact that must survive colour blindness. Top right: a "?" means nobody has stood here on record; no "?" means a dated witness is on record. Top left: a red "!" means not usable right now, a clock means there, but not always.
Where a record comes from
Who keeps the record you are reading. When two records describe one place, the map keeps the one nearest the bottom of this list. None of this says how good the place is; only the badge says whether anybody has stood there.
Imported baselineA small disc. Somebody put this on a public map and nobody here has taken the record on. The panel names the source.
On the map
Kept by somebody elseA dashed border. A specialist source for this kind of place and this region keeps this record. The panel names them and links to them.
On the map
Our catalogueA solid paper border. This community keeps the record: a rider added it, or riders confirmed it and took it on.
On the map
?
Nobody has stood hereA "?" badge, on any of the three icons above. No dated survey and no rider confirmation. If you ride past, check it.
On the map
What a place is, within its category
The glyph tells kinds apart inside one category, and kinds are never compared across categories: a tap you cannot drink from is a different kind of thing, not a broken one. Only the categories with more than one kind are listed.
Water & food
Drinking tapA blue drop. OSM maps it as drinking water and nothing says otherwise. Confirm on the spot.
On the map
Not for drinkingA drop with a bar across it. Tagged not drinkable, or a rider said so.
On the map
Potability not knownAn unfilled drop. Either nobody has said whether you can drink here, or somebody looked and could not tell. Treat it as unknown.
On the map
Food stopA fork and knife on the category disc. A bakery, a shop, a café.
On the map
Food stop with waterThe same, with a small blue drop: the place also gives drinking water.
On the map
Bike services
⚙
Bike shopA cog.
On the map
⚒
Repair standA hammer and pick: a self-service stand with tools.
On the map
⊕
PumpA circled plus: compressed air or a public pump.
On the map
From the basemap
Marks the basemap draws for a rider to read in passing. They are not places in the catalogue: no pin, no panel, nothing to confirm.
BollardA post in the road. Cars stop here, bikes pass.
On the map
GateA gate across the way. It may be closed; expect to stop.
On the map
Bicycle parkingA place to lock a bike.
On the map
Cycle barrierA chicane. Passable, but not at speed.
On the map
What is happening to a record
These ride on top of any pin. They describe our handling of the record, not the place itself.
Going staleAn orange ring replaces the paper border. Nobody has confirmed this in a long time, so the map is asking "still there?"
On the map
Waiting for a moderatorA thick red border. Somebody proposed this and no curator has decided yet. Shown to the proposer and to curators.
On the map
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Too many to drawA count bubble in the category colour. Zoom in and it breaks apart.
On the map
Look hereA pulsing orange ring shows where a hovered list result or town sits. The same pulse wraps a pin revealed by search when your view mode hides it.
On the map
📷
Street photo cameraA green pin marks where the opened street-level photo was taken. It moves as you walk the imagery.
On the map
What is happening to the place itself
A tap that is broken today is the one fact a thirsty rider needs. These marks carry that kind of fact.
!
Out of orderA red "!" badge at the top left, independent of the pin colour and tier. A rider reported it out of order or closed.
On the map
Not always reachableA clock badge at the top left for places that are not always available: daytime only, behind a gate, or a seasonal tap in the months it is shut. A badge, not a colour, so the pin keeps its category.
On the map
The categories
Fill colour only ever answers "what kind of place". One icon set feeds the pins, the layer list and this page, so you can match any tile to any pin.
Practical, aiming for full coverage
Water & foodB · #8FB6A8
Public toiletsC · #4E6E8C
Bike servicesD · #6b6f5e
Hazards & conditionsE · #C8923A
Getting thereF · #3E7D8C
ShelterG · #9A8FB6
Voted onto the map by riders
ClimbsN · #6A2C8F
Where to sleepO · #B5532E
Scenic viewsP · #2C5440
History & cultureQ · #6E5849
Recommended routesR · #FF5A1F
Map overlays
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SurfacesOverlay switch
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Route networkOverlay switch
Overlays are switches in the layer panel, not data layers: they skin the roads themselves. Road surface lives here, and its legend doubles as a filter: tick gravel alone and the map shows gravel alone.
Lines
Everything the map draws as a stroke. The small key on the map itself shows the surface and route-network parts of this list.
Road surfaces
Paved · asphalt
On the map
Gravel
On the map
Pavé · cobbles
On the map
Dirt
On the map
Rock
On the map
Surface not recordedRed dashes: the road has no surface tag yet. The dash is the meaning, "needs a tag".
On the map
Quality ticksSmall stitches over a line, from green (excellent) through amber to red (very bad), visible when zoomed in.
On the map
Climbs
Climb line, uphillPurple bands by steepness, matching the climb profile bars: light below 5%, darkest at 16% and up.
On the map
Climb line, downhillThe same bands in blue for descending stretches.
On the map
Summit
Summit flagWhere the climb ends. The pin sits at the foot.
On the map
12%
Steepest pitch, measuredThe steepest sustained 250 m the model can see.
On the map
14%
Steepest point, rider-markedWhere a rider says the wall actually is. A different colour and glyph from the measured one on purpose.
On the map
Routes
Recommended routePale orange over a paper casing.
On the map
Recommended route, selectedFull orange and wider; the other routes dim while one is open.
On the map
National & international routes
On the map
Regional & local routes, node network
On the map
Mountain-bike routes
On the map
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Numbered nodeA knooppunt: white disc, purple ring and number, exactly as the network tiles draw it.